WYMBS v. TOWNSHIP OF WAYNE


750 A.2d 751 (2000)

163 N.J. 523

Ian Michael WYMBS, an infant by his guardians ad litem Jesse B. WYMBS and Lillian Wymbs, and Jesse B. Wymbs and Lillian Wymbs, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TOWNSHIP OF WAYNE, COUNTY OF PASSAIC, and State of New Jersey, Defendants-Respondents, and Nancy Connelly, Anne J. Connelly and Public Service Gas and Electric Company, Defendants.

Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided May 11, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard P. Rosa, for plaintiffs-appellants (Harwood Lloyd, attorneys).

Michael H. Cohen, Livingston, for defendant-respondent Township of Wayne (Morgan, Melhuish, Monaghan, Arvidson, Abrutyn & Lisowski, attorneys; Heidi P. Rubin Cohen, on the letter brief).

Albert C. Lisbona, Fairfield, for defendant-respondent County of Passaic (Dwyer, Connell & Lisbona, attorneys).

Valerie L. Egar, Deputy Attorney General, for defendant-respondent State of New Jersey (John J. Farmer, Jr., Attorney General, attorney; Mary C. Jacobson, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel).


The opinion of the Court was delivered by COLEMAN, J.

This case involves a claim that a sharp curve in a roadway was a "dangerous condition" on public property as defined in N.J.S.A. 59:4-1a of the New Jersey Tort Claims Act. The specific issues raised involve a number of evidentiary rulings made by the trial court that, according to plaintiffs, improperly restricted their opportunities to satisfy their burden of proof...

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